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TRYING TO INSTALL EMPIRE EARTH 2 AND KEEP GETTING ERROR : DEFAULT COMPONENT ,E:DATA2.CAB,THE REQUEST COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE OF AN I/O DEVICE ERROR. HOW DO I FIX THIS ? MY SYSTEM IS WINDOWS XP . 7600 GEFORCE VIDEO CARD

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A I/O device error would point to a faulty installation source. Is the CD/DVD in good shape ? no scratches?

Try cleaning it delicatly and install again. If this fails try to copy CD contents to your local drive and install from there.

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